Disclosed herein is a power rake comprising a housing supported by front and rear wheels for travel over the ground and including a top wall and spaced side walls, a handle extending from the housing and including a portion adapted to be gripped by an operator to propel and guide the rake over the ground, a thatching reel including a plurality of thatching blades and supported in the housing for rotation of the blades in respective vertical paths, a drive for rotating the reel so that, adjacent to the ground, the blades travel in the direction opposite to the intended direction of travel, and a baffle extending downwardly and forwardly between the side walls from behind the reel and terminating adjacent to the periphery of the path of the blades.